HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division GP40-2 diesel locomotive. Conrail (blue in three road numbers, Reading Co. patchout in two numbers); CSX (dark blue and yellow, three numbers); Denver & Rio Grande Western (black and orange); Detroit, Toledo & Ironton (orange); Grand Trunk Western (red, white, and blue); Reading Co. (green and yellow, three numbers); and […]
Section: News
New model trains for the week of February 28, 2019
Atlas Model Railroad Co. HO scale Electro-Motive Division GP38 and GP40 diesel locomotives HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division GP38 and GP40 diesel locomotives. New paint schemes. GP38: Conrail (American Revolution Bicentennial scheme in one road number, blue with white sill stripe in two numbers) and Bangor & Aroostook (dark blue and gray). GP40: Georgia RR […]
Model Rectifier Corp. acquired by parent company of Heartland Hobby Wholesale
VSA Inc., the Lincoln, Neb.-based parent company of Heartland Hobby Wholesale, recently acquired Model Rectifier Corp. (MRC) of Edison, N.J. Model Rectifier Corp. will operate as a sister company of Heartland Hobby Wholesale. Akiko Kimura will be president of MRC and Donald Boyce will serve as executive vice president. Model Rectifier will continue to produce […]
New model trains for the week of February 21, 2019
Accurail HO scale assorted freight car kits HO scale freight cars Assorted freight car kits. Pacific Fruit Express (Western Pacific) 40-foot double-sheathed refrigerator car, $19.98. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Association of American Railroads 50-foot riveted-side boxcar, $18.98. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis 40-foot six-panel single-sheathed boxcar with wood ends, $18.98. Wabash 36-foot Fowler boxcar, $18.98. […]
New model trains for the week of February 14, 2019
HO scale locomotives General Electric AC4400CW diesel locomotive. BNSF Ry. (Heritage II scheme, repair patch in one road number and faded paint in two numbers), Canadian Pacific (white lettering with gold herald on long hood, three numbers), CSX (Chessie System, Louisville & Nashville, and Seaboard Coast Line heritage units, one number each), Norfolk Southern (black-and-white […]
New model trains for the week of February 7, 2019
HO scale locomotives General Electric ES44DC diesel locomotive. BNSF Ry. (faded Heritage II in three road numbers, patch repair Heritage III in one number, and Heritage III in two numbers), CSX (as-delivered scheme in four numbers, Western Maryland heritage unit in one number), and Norfolk Southern (with Positive Train Control in four numbers). Prototype-specific details, […]
First Look Gallery: ScaleTrains.com HO scale General Electric C44-9W diesel locomotive
ScaleTrains.com Inc. announced a General Electric (GE) C44-9W diesel locomotive at the 2019 Amherst Railway Society Railroad Hobby Show on Jan. 26. The model will be available in HO and N scales in the company’s Rivet Counter and Operator series. The Model Railroader staff received a sample from the HO scale Rivet Counter line. Road […]
2019 Railroad Hobby Show
Bachmann HO scale Pennsylvania RR class K4 streamlined 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotive HO scale locomotives Pennsylvania RR class K4 streamlined 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotive. Four road numbers. TCS WOWSound dual-mode sound decoder with Audio Assist, Keep-Alive capacitor for uninterrupted operation, all-metal chassis, blackened metal wheels and side rods, die-cast metal trailing truck, separately applied parts […]
In memoriam: Barb A. Packenham, 1944-2019
Barb Packenham Barb A. Packenham, Model Railroader magazine’s editorial assistant from 1993 through 2006, died on Jan. 24. She was 74. Odds are good that if you called Model Railroader during those years, you spoke with Barb. She handled a wide variety of tasks for the magazine, including looking up past articles for readers, handling […]
New model railroading products for the week of January 24, 2019
Atlas Model Railroad Co. HO scale Alco Century 424 and 425 diesel locomotives HO scale locomotives Alco Century 424 and 425 diesel locomotives. New road numbers. C-424: Green Bay & Western (Phase I and II, two numbers each), Delaware-Lackawanna (Phase II, one number), Erie Lackawanna (Phase I, three numbers), and Minnesota Commercial (Phase II, three […]
New products from the March 2019 issue of Classic Toy Trains magazine
PRAIRIE SKYSCRAPERS: Woodland Scenics is offering a pair of O scale windmills to complete your farm scene. The no. BR5868 Windmill depicts a well-maintained windmill with shiny metal turbine and includes a separate round stock watering tank and hayrack. The no. BR5867 Old Windmill (shown), with its rusty turbine and weathered wood tower, is ideal […]
New model railroading products for the week of January 17, 2019
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SD70ACe diesel locomotive. Union Pacific (George Bush 41 Presidential Library and Museum). One road number (2018 version with black radiator fan housings). Removable cab roof secured with magnets, light-emitting-diode headlights and ditch lights, and commemorative box. Direct-current model with 21-pin NEM plug for Digital Command Control decoder, $249.98; with dual-mode […]